And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it.

- Cornelia Funke

I love to read aloud.

- Cornelia Funke

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.

- Cornelia Funke

Yes, I always imagined living in other places.

- Cornelia Funke

There are not so many mythical creatures from Inkheart.

- Cornelia Funke

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.

- Cornelia Funke

My son always says I like very weird music.

- Cornelia Funke

My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10.

- Cornelia Funke

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

- Cornelia Funke

I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children.

- Cornelia Funke

I live in Hamburg; that's in the north. And I live on the outskirts of town. It looks like countryside.

- Cornelia Funke

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

- Cornelia Funke

I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things.

- Cornelia Funke

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

- Cornelia Funke

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

- Cornelia Funke

My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that.

- Cornelia Funke

I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog.

- Cornelia Funke

I just did a picture book called The Wildest Brother on Earth, and you will find both of my children in there.

- Cornelia Funke

Everything gets to me. I'm very sentimental.

- Cornelia Funke

And I plan to write a sequel to Dragon Rider.

- Cornelia Funke